For the third time in four years the Ottawa Senators will meet the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Game 1 gets going tomorrow night and after reading any newspaper or publication the Pens are the prohibitive favourites to win this series. And why not? The Pens are the defending Stanley Cup Champions but after two straight long playoff runs Pittsburgh could be had during...

With nothing on the line tonight for the Ottawa Senators and fifth place in the Eastern Conference locked up, it looked like Tampa Bay was going to walk all over Ottawa. The Lightning jumped out to a 3-0 lead but not before they woke up a sleeping giant in the second period.
Ottawa scored three unanswered PP goals but failed to score the winner on numerous powerplay opportunities in the thi...

The Ottawa Senators rebounded from a horrible effort in Long Island this past Saturday afternoon for a dominating 5-2 win over the Florida Panthers. On a night in which the Sens were celebrating Daniel Alfredsson's 1000th game of his career, it didn't take take much for the Sens to get up for this game. Alfredsson was at his best tonight, controlling the puck almost every time he was on t...

With three games left in the regular season, the Ottawa Senators can't afford to have another horrible game like that of this afternoon. The Sens fell 4-1 to the NY Islanders in a lacklustre affair. So instead of focussing on a pathetic game this afternoon lets look ahead to the last three games of the season and what Ottawa needs to do heading into the playoffs.
Outside of Brian Elliott, i...

The Ottawa Senators won in dramatic fashion last night notching a 4-3 shootout win over the Carolina Hurricanes while officially clinching a playoff spot while extending their win streak to six games. It's the 12th in the last 13 years that the Sens will play in the post-season.
Sens defensemen Erik Karlsson scored two goals, the second one with 8 seconds remaining to tie it up. His first g...

The Ottawa Senators defeated the Washington Capitals tonight 5-4 in overtime as Alex Kovalev snapped a post Olympic break goal-less drought by notching the OT winner. Ottawa extends their winning streak to five. The Sens were 3-1 against the Caps this year.
Jason Spezza had a strong game as did his entire line. Spezza netted a pair of goals on the PP to go with two assists, while Pet...

The Ottawa Senators defeated the Buffalo Sabres once again Friday night, this time 4-2. The Sens have now won all five meetings with the Sabres this year and goaltender Brian Elliott is 8-0 in his career against Buffalo. Elliott stopped 41 of 43 shots in asserting himself as the teams number one goaltender as Ottawa gets ready for the playoffs. It truly is incredible how Ottawa seems to b...

The Ottawa Senators defeated the Philadelphia Flyers tonight 2-0 and Brian Elliott earned back to back shutouts as Ottawa came out with 4 points the last two nights during a critical stretch of the season as they head into the playoffs.
The Sens PK was outstanding in killing off a full two minute 5 on 3 late in the third period. On the flip side the Flyers PK was very solid tonight in killi...

The Ottawa Senators ended their five game losing streak with a 2-0 win in Montreal. Finally a sixty minute effort from this Sens team that many fans had been pleading for the last ten days.
Leading the way was goaltender Brian Elliott as he made key saves at crucial moments. This is something that has plagued the Sens and it was long overdue that a goaltender elevated their play. Ell...

The Ottawa Senators started the game strong and finished with a bang but it still wasn't enough as they fell 5-4 to the Dallas Stars this afternoon, extending their losing streak to five games. Unfortunately for Sens fans this team continues to play parts of games but doesn't seem to understand that it takes a 60 minute effort to win a game down the stretch drive. This is no longer the fi...

The sense of urgency that Senators head coach Cory Clouston talked about three days ago has fallen on deaf ears after yet another embarrassing loss, this time in Atlanta, a 6-3 defeat.
There is plenty of blame to go around but first and foremost the Sens aren't getting the goaltending necessary to make a run down the stretch. Brian Elliott was awful yet again allowing three goals in the thi...

The Toronto Maple Leafs walked into Ottawa tonight and left a victor yet again with a 4-1 win over the listless Senators. Now, I had to watch this game on TV, but I saw enough to be able to draw my own conclusions.
First off, Ottawa would have eliminated Toronto from the playoffs with a win tonight over the Leafs. That never materialized and every player on the Sens roster should be embaras...